Goodbye all. I sold my 2001 with almost 250,000 miles on it. The mpg's had dropped off to 12-13mpg on my truck- getting tired, but that Florida body was still good. I needed new front wheel bearings and new brakes/calipers all around. I couldn't safely drive it out of town, so I sold it to Carmax for $1300.
Friday I bought a Chevy HHR 2009 LS with only 38,000 miles and GM certified with 12mo bumper2bumper warranty for $10,000. I am retired and expect to get a full 250,000 out of this one!- My neighbor does bankruptcy appraisals and he inspected a 2007 HHR last month with over 250,000 miles and still running good.

 

1997 Off-Road XLT 195300

 

300,150 miles 2001 4.6 4x4

 

Just hit 107000 tonight.

 

almost 250,000kms still runs however I think I may have an ignition issue.. simple fix though!

 

After searching for engines for a family members truck for the past week, it appears EVERYONE is in the 100k club. Many are in the 200k club! LOL

 

I should be at 100.000 in about 40 years..

 

Not sure mine counts:
2006 King Ranch 4x2, rolled over 100k on the OD a couple months back. Dealer put a new engine in it when I bought it around 70k.

 

I disagree that 100,000 miles is a good indicator of durability for todays engines. That was true in the 60's, 70's and maybe 80's, but not now with todays modern engines. It is a good start but I think a modern engine with reasonable care should be expected to go 200.000 minimum without major problems. Of course, there will always be some that don't make it and others that will far exceed that. These engines do have some problems, as do Chevy, Dodge, etc but my experience has been good. I have 278,000 on my 2001 F150 5.4L with no major problems until now. I had to replace valve cover gaskets ( which used to be a simple job ) and intake manifold. Ended up with a leak in the drivers side valve cover and I am working on that now. Have to remove the egr tube, which I didn't do last time and that is a major pain trying to get it loose from the exhaust manifold. So, all in all it has been a good truck but not perfect.

 

I see what you're saying, but without most of the mechanics are the same from the 60's up to now, and with some new junk that can break on modern engines. Sure, electronically controlled fuel injection can keep our engine running in tune all the time regardless of temperature and altitude, that alone is priceless. Overhead cams eliminated several moving parts, no distributor saves us from a broken oil pump drive shaft, but then they added in things like our beloved cam phasers. I see what you're saying and I do agree though. I'd say our engines should go 300k or more without any major problems. Of course I'm not one to speak since my truck got a new engine put in it right after I bought it at ~70k. Hopefully I'll still be driving it with that same engine at 370k.
A couple things I learned in my 20's, beating the hell out of my mustang and running around with a group of "hot rodders" is that
1) how you drive your car/truck is directly related to how long things will last before they break and
2) the more you modify your car/truck to make more power the faster you will break something.
I've seen guys run the **** out of an engine and split the block in a couple weeks of use, others that would rip apart rear ends every few months and still others that had to rebuild their transmissions every month. Some guys build a weekend warrior engine and only run the snot out of it a couple times a year and get 100k or more out of it. Then a few years back I read about old lady with a fox body 5.0 mustang she bought new that's still putting along well past 600k miles with NO REBUILD ever. I would love to see that engine when it gets broken down... I can't imagine it puts anywhere near the factory 200hp to the rear wheels anymore with the amount of blow by that's likely getting past the valves and rings... but maybe I'm completely wrong?

 

I am in the 296,000 mile club on my 91 XLT.

 

120k and ticking on my 07. Got it in 09 with only 30k

 

packin' 'em on lol

 

Just picked up my `00 F150 SCAB 4x4 with 155k on it. Its rusty underneath (it lived down the shore), but up top it looks great & it runs like a clock. I only plan to use it as my "Home Depot" truck & for strictly local hauling. Only paid 4k for it, so I don`t think I did too bad.

 

Having the best truck I have ever owned, 2001 F150 Lariet supercrew, 5.4L, has just turned over at 265,000 (bought at 111,000). No major engine work, rebuilt trans, front end, a couple of blown plugs, but she still runs like a to!